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After playing Demigod I notice that a lot of Goodjers don't know about this game. To my surprise there was no catch all!

League Of Legends is a DOTA, and Demigod type game that will be free to play (which was announced today). This game will be closer to DOTA than Demigod and seems to appeal to the DOTA crowd. The game seems to aiming for low system specs and will be perfect for our ventrilio community.

The game will have a summoner system which is a skill based persistence system (sort of like favor points in Demigod). Details of that here.

Invited.
Had a few issues playing the game through Steam (I'm assume it's the overlay) but I guess others haven't had problems.
Anyway, I played through the tutorial and can already tell I'm going to f-ing love this game.

Haven't even tried adding it in, is it worth a try? I've added a couple to the LoL friend system to enable arranged teams (feature I don't think we'll manage through the Steam Overlay).

Invited.
Had a few issues playing the game through Steam (I'm assume it's the overlay) but I guess others haven't had problems.
Anyway, I played through the tutorial and can already tell I'm going to f-ing love this game.

Haven't even tried adding it in, is it worth a try? I've added a couple to the LoL friend system to enable arranged teams (feature I don't think we'll manage through the Steam Overlay).

Does this make voice chat over steam work better? I have a few pals I play with, and we don't have a friendly vent server between us.

Steam chat works, but more often then not cuts out by the 25 minute mark of every match.

I haven't had any problems running it with the Steam overlay, but the only reason I did that was so people in the Steam group could see what I was playing in case they want to join. In the long run, I think having a friends list within the game will be best.

For anybody who wants to add me, my name in LoL, as always, is Ahrezmendi.

Does anyone know when they are going to rotate the chapmions to the new set available for those of us who haven't purchased Champions?

Also note that you can purchase individual unlocks so you can play with a particular champion 24x7; hero unlocks (like most items in the store) can be bought through real currency (riot points) and game-played currency (influence points), so it's not only available for people that 1. purchased the special edition, 2. plumped some money into their account.

Does anyone know when they are going to rotate the chapmions to the new set available for those of us who haven't purchased Champions?

Also note that you can purchase individual unlocks so you can play with a particular champion 24x7; hero unlocks (like most items in the store) can be bought through real currency (riot points) and game-played currency (influence points), so it's not only available for people that 1. purchased the special edition, 2. plumped some money into their account.

Just to follow up on this, I did buy the special edition, and I think it's more than worth the value. You get 20 champions, some of whom are pretty expensive, plus a bonus skin (another $5), about 1500 riot points, and higher level runes that you can use in lower level slots. It's easily worth the $30, and buying the parts individually would come out to quite a bit more.

Does anyone know when they are going to rotate the chapmions to the new set available for those of us who haven't purchased Champions?

Also note that you can purchase individual unlocks so you can play with a particular champion 24x7; hero unlocks (like most items in the store) can be bought through real currency (riot points) and game-played currency (influence points), so it's not only available for people that 1. purchased the special edition, 2. plumped some money into their account.

Just to follow up on this, I did buy the special edition, and I think it's more than worth the value. You get 20 champions, some of whom are pretty expensive, plus a bonus skin (another $5), about 1500 riot points, and higher level runes that you can use in lower level slots. It's easily worth the $30, and buying the parts individually would come out to quite a bit more.

I am purposefully not buying any of the champions, runes, etc with influence right now because I've asked for the Champions Pack for Christmas. Everytime I log in, I want to buy a Champion but have to tell myself, "No!" It's getting much harder.

Keep an eye out and you can find places that have it on sale for 20-25 dollars too!

Man last night was horrible. I'd like to say it was your guys fault but i died SO many times... Which is funny because the games i played earlier i won all but one and did well. I also played one more after our group broke up and won that one with a nice KDR as well. I seem to have mental block when playing against certain heroes which ends up with me feeding them.

The shapeshifting mechanic seems neat, though her passive ability is "meh" at best, and doesn't change based on her form. Seems to sit firmly in the Support category, but play will show more. She'll be free to play next week.

I am purposefully not buying any of the champions, runes, etc with influence right now because I've asked for the Champions Pack for Christmas. Everytime I log in, I want to buy a Champion but have to tell myself, "No!" It's getting much harder.

I wouldn't worry about buying Runes. The ones you get with the digital collector's edition are all upgraded, and I haven't seen them available in the store.

Oh, and you can feel free to buy at least the following champions, who I remember were *not* included in the pack:
Ashe
Katarina
Nunu
Gangplank
Karthus

I'd disagree. Of course we have yet to actually see it in action, so this is all speculation. But, getting a 25% speed boost is definitely enough to help her escape a combat and the extra 2 seconds of stealth is huge. Several times I have tried to travel along the brush to be able to ambush a player, only to have to pop out for a second to get to the next bush. Inevitiably they see me and the ambush is lost. She doesn't suffer from this fault. As a passive, it's a pretty damn nice one.

The main problem I see with it is it's only on exiting the brush. Play will tell yes, but it seems to me they'll still have ample time to kill her while she's entering and moving through the brush.

It does sound great for laying down ambushes though, especially in her cougar form. It would also help her move between lanes very quickly, another reason why I think she's firmly planed in the Support category.